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Russia Set To Implement Ambitious Space Program Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 21, 2006 
Aside from the Spektr and Radioastron projects, Russia has other plans to study and explore celestial bodies. For example, the Koronas-Foton spacecraft, due to be launched in 2008, will be packed with instruments for observing the Sun. In addition, Russia expects to begin the Phobos-Ground project in 2009, which will be the country's first interplanetary mission in 20 years. It will bring back ground samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two moons. Scientists believe Phobos is made of the primeval proto-planet cloud substance that eventually formed all other bodies in the Solar System, including Planet Earth. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Crew Inspecting Heat Shield, Preparing for Landing
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2006The STS-116 crew is conducting a final inspection of Space Shuttle Discovery's heat shield today and preparing for landing. STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick are using the shuttle's robotic arm and boom extension sensor system to check the heat shield for any space junk or micrometeoroid hits that may have occurred while the orbiter was docked to the International Space Station. Bad Weather Could Force Shuttle Discovery To Land In Western US 
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 20, 2006Bad weather forecast for Friday could force the space shuttle Discovery to land in the western US instead of Cape Canaveral, as planned, NASA said Wednesday. Hybrids in the Universe 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Scientists working with NASA data recently made a discovery that forced them to re-think their theories on gamma-ray bursts - the most powerful cosmic explosions. A year ago scientists thought they had figured out the nature of gamma-ray bursts. They signal the birth of black holes and traditionally, fall into one of two categories: long or short. |
Energia Approves Kliper Plans For 2007
Korolev, Moscow (SPX) Dec 21, 2006The meeting of the Scientific-Technical Board (STB) chaired by the President, Corporation General Designer N.N. Sevastiyanov took place at RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev. The agenda was the Advanced Space Transportation System. Rocketplane Kistler's K-1 Aerospace Vehicle Takes-Off With UGS PLM Technology 
Plano TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2006UGS has announced Rocketplane Kistler selected NX(R) software, UGS digital product development solution, to design, build and test its Kistler K-1 aerospace vehicle. The K-1, a fully reusable, two stage orbital launch vehicle, is a low-cost and reliable vehicle capable of delivering a variety of payloads to a wide range of altitudes and inclinations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). NASA Meets Key Objective In Developing New Propulsion Method 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Tapping the power of 1,500 suns, scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have met a critical milestone in the development of aerocapture technology, a maneuver that primarily uses a planet's atmosphere to capture a spacecraft and place it in the desired orbit. |
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Computer Screens To Be Virtual NASA Spaceship Windows Over Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2006NASA is providing a unique opportunity to the public to suggest photo targets for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the spacecraft that recently took a history-making image of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rim of Victoria Crater. Radar Love: Asteroid Detection And Science 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2006They are the celestial equivalent of sonograms. But their hazy outlines and ghostly features do not document the in-vivo development of a future taxpayer. Instead, they chronicle the exo-planetary comings-and-goings of some of Earth's least known, most nomadic, and at times most impactful neighbors. Swales Aerospace Completes Critical Design Review For TacSat-3 Modular Bus 
Beltsville MD (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Swales Aerospace announced today that it has completed the Critical Design Review, for the TacSat-3 Modular Bus program, which is sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab's Space Vehicle Directorate, as part of the Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space initiative. |
Arianespace Provides A Key Boost For The US Satellite Market In 2006
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Arianespace maintained its commercial launch services leadership in 2006, with the U.S. marketplace representing a key component of the payloads launched and new contracts signed. Tacsat-2 Launched Into Space With Flawless Liftoff 
Wallops Island VA (AFNS) Dec 21, 2006Successfully launched onboard a Minotaur I rocket, the TacSat-2 spacecraft has commenced operations on a planned six to 12-month experimental mission Dec. 16 from the NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility near Wallops Island, Va. Astrobiologist Awarded Prize 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2006Dr. Joshua Lederberg, a Nobel-winning microbiolgist whose advice helped create NASA's early biology programs, will receive the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. Dr. Lederberg became interested in exobiology -- the study of life beyond Earth -- in the 1950s, as interest in exploring space began to build in the United States and other countries. |
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